Posts Tagged ‘Bubinga’

I get mahogany, bubinga, wenge, some of the most beautiful woods that I would never afford but there it is, free.” His work has a historical aspect as well as strong visual appeal. “I like the notion that all these (pieces of wood) came from homes …

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Artists go into the wood for Clark exhibit
Worcester Telegram
I get mahogany, bubinga, wenge, some of the most beautiful woods that I would never afford but there it is, free.” His work has a historical aspect as well as strong visual appeal. “I like the notion that all these (pieces of wood) came from homes

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Instead they spent about 100 hours to create a table made of solid bubinga and wenge hardwoods with a glue-chipped textured glass top backed with 23-karat solid gold-leaf. Gerard Green, plant manager, said it was the first piece of freestanding furniture …

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Exporter of African Hardwoods (Wenge, Bubinga, Afrormosia, Sapeli, Iroko, Doussie) from the Democratic Republic of Congo

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The original skull is carved out of bubinga from Africa and the horns were separately carved out of wenge, a wood from the Congo of West Africa. Dean named his piece “Big Medicine,” he said “because the bison is an iconic image and symbol of the …

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8
Mar

Bubinga/bWenge/b/Bird’s Eye Maple box

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I think the combination of these three woods makes for a very attractive lid. The bubinga was thick enough to allow some shaping to the side of the box. Making the miter joints is always a challenge as I make them on a Craftsman table …

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I think the combination of these three woods makes for a very attractive lid. The bubinga was thick enough to allow some shaping to the side of the box. Making the miter joints is always a challenge as I make them on a Craftsman table …

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17
Jan

Rooted in a local tradition - phillyBurbs.com

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table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;br /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1//divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phillyburbs.com%2Fnews%2Fnews_details%2Farticle%2F177%2F2009%2Fdecember%2F13%2Frooted-in-a-local-tradition-1.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNHp_9wZPGAzo7K6C_wKBzDt94iHwQbRooted in a local tradition/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fphillyBurbs.com/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1He also exhibits Silk Road, a table in mahogany, bwenge/b, purpleheart and bubinga that showcases a variation on his skill at inset - a leaf in contrasting b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a rel=nofollow class=p target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=d8HUF7ppzcaUezMb/b/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

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20
Aug

Gibson Tone Tips #32: Classical Guitars - Gibson

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table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;br /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1//divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gibson.com%2Fen-us%2FLifestyle%2FFeatures%2Ftone-tips-818amp;usg=AFQjCNHI9Btf_SrOMEMyzHZ34teTBHv3pgbGibson Tone Tips #32: Classical Guitars/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fGibson/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Some exotic body-wood alternatives include walnut, bwenge/b, pau ferro, zebrawood, bubinga, American cherry, black acacia, cocobolo, and several others. b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a rel=nofollow class=p target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=dP3WetWAVqxFqRMband morenbsp;raquo;/b/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

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table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;br /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1//divdiv class=lha rel=nofollow target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vancouversun.com%2FNathan%2BWiens%2Bblends%2Bancient%2Bwoods%2Bwith%2Bmodern%2Bdesign%2Bunique%2Bcreations%2F1753556%2Fstory.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNHVDnyPzkrEpD9W1Tv_2ZtJ3NaMqQbNathan Wiens blends ancient woods with modern design for unique b…/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fVancouver Sun/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1If it’s black he uses bwenge/b, if it’s red he uses bubinga.bWenge/b and bubinga are exotic African woods, but Wiens normally uses local species like Douglas b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a rel=nofollow class=p target=_blank href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;ncl=d1FB_2fKFfKYlKMband morenbsp;raquo;/b/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

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